• Detail of a historiated Initial 'S'(enior) of John holding a scroll, at the beginning of John II., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (The 'Bible of William of Devon')

Detail of a historiated Initial 'S'(enior) of John holding a scroll, at the beginning of John II. Rebound for Henry VIII.Associated with a group of manuscripts (the 'William of Devon group'): Blackburn, Museum and Art Gallery, Ms. 091.21001, Egerton 1151,

• Detail of a historiated Initial 'S'(enior) of John holding a scroll, at the beginning of John III, and of a historiated initial 'I'(udas) of Jude holding a book, at the beginning of Jude., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (The 'Bible of William of Devon')

Detail of a historiated Initial 'S'(enior) of John holding a scroll, at the beginning of John III, and of a historiated initial 'I'(udas) of Jude holding a book, at the beginning of Jude. Rebound for Henry VIII.Associated with a group

• Historiated Initial 'I'(ohannes) of John holding a book, at the beginning of the prologue to Revelation, and a historiated initial 'A'(pocalipsis) of John writing at a desk, at the beginning of Revelation., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (The 'Bible of William of Devon')

Historiated Initial 'I'(ohannes) of John holding a book, at the beginning of the prologue to Revelation, and a historiated initial 'A'(pocalipsis) of John writing at a desk, at the beginning of Revelation. Rebound for Henry VIII.Associated with a group of

• Puzzle initial 'R'(elegamus) with a foliate decoration, at the beginning of book 7., Commentary on Leviticus

blue. Omitted text written in the margins in red frames. Commentary on Leviticus The Carthusian priory of St. Mary, St. John the Baptist and All Saints, Henton, Somerset (founded 1235): inscribed 'Explanat[i]o d[omi]ni Rad[u]l/phii Flaviacens[is] monachi / sup[er] librum Leviticum

• Puzzle initial 'Q'(uod) with a foliate decoration, at the beginning of book 20., Commentary on Leviticus

blue. Omitted text written in the margins in red frames. Commentary on Leviticus The Carthusian priory of St. Mary, St. John the Baptist and All Saints, Henton, Somerset (founded 1235): inscribed 'Explanat[i]o d[omi]ni Rad[u]l/phii Flaviacens[is] monachi / sup[er] librum Leviticum

• Coloured initials with pen-flourished decoration., Leaf with John 14:17-18:16

numbers in blue and red. Leaf incorrectly bound with the original recto as verso and vice versa. Leaf with John 14:17-18:16 John Bagford (b. 1650/51, d. 1716), bookseller and antiquary: part of the Bagford fragments, sold to Edward Harley after

• Text page with two faces in profile in the margin., Letter to William of Longchamps; the Speculum Stultorum (The Mirror of Fools), imperfect, ends on line 3542 of 4000

1 is a folded piece of parchment with a note in John Covel's hand on the verso.The Speculum stultorum is a verse satire of almost 4,000 lines about an ass named Burnel who attempts to gain a longer tail and

• Tinted pen-drawing of the Crucifixion.

'William le Poher lord of Pirton' (see 'Parishes: Pirton', in ~The Victoria History of the County of Worcester~, ed. by John William Willis-Bund and H. Arthur Doubleday, 5 vols (London: A. Constable, 1901-1926), vol. 4 (1924), pp. 180-184; available at

• Historiated initial 'O' (intemerata) with John the Evangelist, at the beginning of a prayer to the Virgin and John the Evangelist., Psalter, including a calendar (ff. 13-18v)

Historiated initial 'O' (intemerata) with John the Evangelist, at the beginning of a prayer to the Virgin and John the Evangelist. The Veronica image is the earliest in Western art, according to Lewis 1987 p. 127.This is the earliest richly

• Large decorated word 'Ulpianus' at the beginning of Justinian's Infortiatum, or the third title of book 24 of the Digest, and below the arms and rebus of John Morton, archbishop of Canterbury., Infortiatum (ff. 1-278v), with Glossa ordinaria by Accursius, with Apostillae (f. 278v); fragment of Dynus de Mugello's De regulis iuris (f. 279r-v), and list of contents (f. 280)

title of book 24 of the Digest, and below the arms and rebus of John Morton, archbishop of Canterbury. For other manuscripts owned by Morton see Arundel 435 and 366.Notes on the texts supplied by Magnus Ryan. Large blue words

• Puzzle initial 'N' at the beginning of a chronicle., Chronicle from Noah to Henry IV, and a list of kings from William I to Henry VI (f. 71r-v)

the list of kings (f. 71r-v) apparently by the same scribe, ends with Henry VI (1422-1471).John Benson: late 15th-century inscription 'John Benson' (f. 71v).William Vagger of Sussex: inscribed in the late 15th century 'Constat Willelmo Vagger de Sussex' (f. 1v).John

• Puzzle initial 'I'(n), and initials 'S'(cribe) and 'P'(ost), with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of John of Garland's revision of Alexander of Villa Dei's Doctrinale., Miscellany, including Eberhard's Graecismus (ff. 1-42); John of Garland's revision of Alexander of Villa Dei's Doctrinale (ff. 44-93v); Pseudo-Boethius's De disciplina scholarium (ff. 94-113v)

'P'(ost), with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of John of Garland's revision of Alexander of Villa Dei's Doctrinale. Marginal sketches of a human figure (f. 19v), of pen-flourishing (f. 26), of human heads (f. 34, 114), of initials (f. 102), and

• Puzzle initial 'I'(n), and initial 'S'(cribe) with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of John of Garland's revision of Alexander of Villa Dei's Doctrinale., Miscellany, including Eberhard's Graecismus (ff. 1-42); John of Garland's revision of Alexander of Villa Dei's Doctrinale (ff. 44-93v); Pseudo-Boethius's De disciplina scholarium (ff. 94-113v)

with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of John of Garland's revision of Alexander of Villa Dei's Doctrinale. Marginal sketches of a human figure (f. 19v), of pen-flourishing (f. 26), of human heads (f. 34, 114), of initials (f. 102), and of

• Detail of ownership stamps of John Thomas Barber Beaumont and the Philosophical Institution., De moribus (second part of De virtutibus et vitiis)

ownership stamps of John Thomas Barber Beaumont and the Philosophical Institution. 10 historiated initials, each divided into two levels, one for the representation of the virtues and the other for the vices, with decorated extensions into the margins, in colours

• Foliate initial 'H'(ic), at the beginning of the prologue to John., Gospels, with the Glossa ordinaria

beginning of the prologue to John. First page probably missing: inscribed 'prima pagina deficit' (f. 1).Catchwords and instruction for running titles. Indication of 'pecia'?: inscribed 'XVII pecia' (f. 44).Numerous pointing hands (maniculae).Some margins incised (ff. 37, 98, 175, 239, 258,

• Historiated initial 'S'(alvum me fac deus) with Margaret holding a cross, emerging from the belly of a dragon, and a stork, bird, and dragon incorporated into the three-sided border, at the beginning of Psalm 68., Psalter, with a calendar (ff. 2-6v); Psalms (ff. 7-187); canticles and prayers (ff. 187-204v); litany, petitions, and collects (ff. 204v-209)

his signature; possibly obtained from his estate by Ives. Cf. Paul Grinke, 'John Ives and the LIbrary of 'Honest' Tom Martin', ~in The Warden's Meeting: A Tribute to John Sparrow~ (Oxford: Oxford University Society of Bibliophiles, 1977), pp. 39-42 (p.

• Calendar page for September with a miniature of a man picking fruit in a micro-architectural frame, a decorated initial on a gold ground and a three-sided border., Psalter, with a calendar (ff. 2-6v); Psalms (ff. 7-187); canticles and prayers (ff. 187-204v); litany, petitions, and collects (ff. 204v-209)

his signature; possibly obtained from his estate by Ives. Cf. Paul Grinke, 'John Ives and the LIbrary of 'Honest' Tom Martin', ~in The Warden's Meeting: A Tribute to John Sparrow~ (Oxford: Oxford University Society of Bibliophiles, 1977), pp. 39-42 (p.

• IHistoriated initial 'Q'(uid) with Lawrence being roasted on a gridiron in the bowl of the letter; its tail formed by the bellows used by a man to fan the flames, with a demon holding a forked fire iron standing on the man's head, and a three-sided gold border, at the beginning of Psalm 51., Psalter, with a calendar (ff. 2-6v); Psalms (ff. 7-187); canticles and prayers (ff. 187-204v); litany, petitions, and collects (ff. 204v-209)

his signature; possibly obtained from his estate by Ives. Cf. Paul Grinke, 'John Ives and the LIbrary of 'Honest' Tom Martin', ~in The Warden's Meeting: A Tribute to John Sparrow~ (Oxford: Oxford University Society of Bibliophiles, 1977), pp. 39-42 (p.

• Marginal drawings of swords with the inverted arms of the Kingdom of Jerusalem and of John of Brienne, king of Jerusalem, indicating his death, and an inverted mitre and crosier referring to the death of Richard II, bishop of Durham., Historia Anglorum, Chronica majora, Part III; Continuation of Chronica maiora

arms of the Kingdom of Jerusalem and of John of Brienne, king of Jerusalem, indicating his death, and an inverted mitre and crosier referring to the death of Richard II, bishop of Durham. Includes two autograph copies of works of

• Detail of a miniature of King John., Historia Anglorum, Chronica majora, Part III; Continuation of Chronica maiora

miniature of King John. Includes two autograph copies of works of Matthew Paris: the only complete copy of the Historia Anglorum, a history of England covering the years 1070-1253 (ff. 10-156v), probably written in the period between 1250-1255, and the